| Responsible Department | Department for Small Animal Clinical Sciences
50 % Department of Large Animal Sciences 50 % | ||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | MSc. 1 year | ||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||
| Credits | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||
| Level of Course | MSc | ||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: The examination will be an electronic based multiple choice test that evaluates the students student's ability to: assess a critical patient, identify key emergency conditions, evaluate critical parameters to act upon (pulse, acid/base parameters etc.), to initiate appropriate emergency treatment, choose appropriate anaesthesia for a given patient, monitor the anaesthesia and act upon irregularities. pass/fail, internal examiner | ||||||||||
| Requirement for Attending Exam | 80% active participation in each part of the course and in total. | ||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Introduction week, clinical rotations and night duty. There will be up to 6 days of night duty at the Small Animal Hospital and up to 6 at the Large Animal Hospital per student per block. | ||||||||||
| Block Placement | Blok 3 Week Structure: Udenfor ugestruktur, Year 1 Blok 4 Week Structure: Udenfor ugestruktur, Year 1 Blok 1 Week Structure: Udenfor ugestruktur, Year 2 Blok 2 Week Structure: Udenfor ugestruktur, Year 2 | ||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | Danish | ||||||||||
| Mandatory Prerequisites | LVEK11015 Medicine, Surgery and Reproduction - Small Animal LVEK11008 Medicine, Surgery and Reproduction - Large Animal At opfylde betingelserne for indstilling til eksamen i ovenstående kurser | ||||||||||
| Restrictions | 45. Forbeholdt veterinærstuderende. | ||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||
| · Introduction week with 4-5 modules of Imaging, Small Animal ECC, Small Animal Anesthesia, Large Animal ECC and Large Animal Anesthesia.o Lectures (to activate the student's prior knowledge on which to build on; to present overviews of specific topics; to introduce to practicals). o Supervised work including e.g. e-learning and guided cases (to assist learning of practical skills, and to activate the student in order to facilitate learning relevant principles and clinical problem-solving in a clinical context). · Practicals and evening shifts 2x2 weekso SA ECC and Anesthesiao LA ECC and Anesthesia | |||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||
| Clinical rotations, lectures. Clinical rotations take place: Monday - Friday 0800-1600.Night shifts in ECC and anesthesia are Monday - Friday 16-24, Saturday and Sunday 08-24. When 24/7 is implemented at both hospitals, then shifts from 24 to 07 may be put into practice. If so there may be teaching activities from 08 next morning, but planning of the rotations should avoid this. No student can be requested to meet at 08 if they have just ended a night shift from 24-07. | |||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||
| The purpose of this course is that the student must acquire the fundamental knowledge, skills and competencies necessary to examine, diagnose and treat key emergency conditions in a clinical setting. Employ, collect and interpret relevant laboratory data and test result. During the course, the students will gain fundamental skills to necessary to design and implement a diagnostic and therapeutic plan in an emergency/critical care setting. Course topics: Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care, Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care, Anesthesiology, Obstetric emergencies. Learning Objectives:The main objectives of the course is that the students acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies necessary to examine, diagnose and treat an critically ill animals. To expose students to the field of emergency and critical care medicine. To provide the opportunity to use the knowledge and clinical skills learned in the veterinary curriculum in a "real-life" clinical setting. To provide an opportunity for students to learn the value of the team approach. Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of the clinical rotation, the student will understand the capabilities and options of small and large animal emergency/critical care, obstetrics and anesthesiology. They will understand the use of and limitations of intensive care monitoring tools. They will be able to implement the use of triage for multiple emergency patients. They will be able to identify key emergency conditions and know how to manage them. They will be able to implement these critical care skills in a real clinic situation. Knowledge: At the end of the course the student is expected to have the following knowledge within the topic: ·Explain common medical, surgical and reproductive diseases with regards to occurrence, etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis ·Explain optimal work-up and treatment plans for selected diseases ·Explain the nomenclature of diseases, clinical findings and work-up and treatment procedures ·Identify and integrate current relevant literature into diagnostic and treatment plans ·Know modes of action, pros and cons of common forms of anaesthesia for relevant animal species including total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) ·Know modes of action and pros and cons of different relevant sedatives and analgesics ·Be familiar with basic ECC procedures Skills: At the end of the course the student is expected to have the following skills within the topic: ·Obtain a patient history from a client ·Perform a clinical examination of a companion animal (patient) ·Write a POMR (problem oriented medical journal) based on history and clinical examination ·Write a discharge letter to a client ·Identify when referral to a specialist is indicated (relevant and necessary) ·Identify and integrate current relevant literature into diagnostic and treatment plans ·Be able to perform anesthesia on relevant animal species for basic indications, including inhalation and TIVA anesthesia ·Be able to execute analgesia and sedation Competences: At the end of the course the student is expected to have the following competencies within the topic: ·Be able to identify, diagnose and treat emergency cases including: first aid (ABC), fluid therapy, handling of bleeding patients, open wounds, respiratory emergencies, eye and ear injuries, loss of consciousness, clinical deterioration, burns, tissue trauma and internal organ trauma. First aid competencies include: bandaging, cleaning of wounds, immobilization of limbs, CPR and hemostasis. ·Be able to identify, diagnose and treat animals with obstetric complications. ·Be able to asses and choose right form of anesthesia, seation and analgesia. ·Be able to assess and treat pain in animals ·Be able to identify the need for euthanasia and guide clients concerning euthanasia | |||||||||||
| Course Literature | |||||||||||
| MH ECC: Small Animal Critical Care Medicine (Saunders: Ed Silverstein & Hopper) Alternative: BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Emergency and Critical Care· SH ECC: Equine Emergencies 3rd edition, Orsini and Divers· Anaesthesia: Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia ) Lumb and Jones or Diane McKelvey) | |||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||
| Julie Fjeldborg, jf@sund.ku.dk, Department of Large Animal Sciences/Medicine and Surgery, Phone: 353-32872 Annemarie Thuri Kristensen, atk@sund.ku.dk, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences/, Phone: 353-32923 | |||||||||||
| Study Board | |||||||||||
| Study Committee V | |||||||||||
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